Re: Support for RANGE ... PRECEDING windows in OVER

On 06/30/2013 08:54 PM, ian link wrote:
> I found some time and I think I am up to speed now. I finally figured out
> how to add new operator strategies and made a little test operator for
> myself.
> 
> It seems pretty clear that assuming '+' and '-' are addition and
> subtraction is a bad idea. I don't think it would be too tricky to add
> support for new operator strategies. Andrew Gierth suggested calling these
> new strategies "offset -" and "offset +", which I think describes it pretty
> well. I assigned the operator itself to be "@+" and "@-" but that can
> obviously be changed. If this sounds like a good path to you guys, I will
> go ahead and implement the operators for the appropriate types. Please let
> me know if I am misunderstanding something - I am still figuring stuff out
> :)
> 
> Aside from the opclass stuff, there were some other important issues
> mentioned with the original RANGE support. I think I will address those
> after the opclass stuff is done.

Are these things you plan to get done this week, or for next CommitFest?

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